Francis Whitworth

Francis Whitworth (9 May 1684 – 6 March 1742), of Leybourne, Kent and Blackford, near Minehead, Somerset, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1723 to 1742.

Early life Whitworth was the sixth son of Richard Whitworth of Batchacre Park, in Adbaston, Staffordshire and his wife Anne Mosley, daughter of Rev. Francis Mosley of Wilmslow, Cheshire. He was educated at Westminster School in 1701. He retained the Minehead seat in 1727, and when a petition was raised against him the government prevented its being heard. About this time he strengthened his interest by buying an estate of Blackford near Minehead. He also applied for his son to be granted the reversion of the secretary of Barbados, claiming that George I had consented to this but had died before he had signed the warrant. This application was unsuccessful and he retained the post for the rest of his life.

Whitworth died on 6 March 1742 leaving one son Charles. He was the younger brother of Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth.